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3A Project 2026: First Round Results

2026-04-02
We would like to announce the selection results of the 3A Project 2026 competition. Among the 82 first-round submissions, 16 projects have been shortlisted to enter the Second Round Adjudication as follows:

Region/Country

Organisation

Project Name

Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Catholic Marriage Advisory Council

Jockey Club “Give Marriage a Chance” Project

Singapore

TOUCH Counselling and Psychological Services, TOUCH Community Services

LiveOn!

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Christian Service

Revitalizing Experiments for Nurturing Every Child’s Well-being (RENEW)

Singapore

TOUCH Special Needs Group, TOUCH Community Services

RAISE

Singapore

TOUCH Elderly Group, TOUCH Community Services

Reablement

Japan

Piccolare

Project HOME

Malaysia

Family Life Center

H.E.A.L (Hope, Empathy, Acceptance, Liberty): A Bilingual Community-Based Programme for Healing Divorce, Heartbreak, and Relationship Loss in Asia

Taiwan

Taitung, Yong-an Community

Taitung Yongan “Good Liao” Market

Hong Kong

Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

PolyU Jockey Club “Operation SoInno”: Shaping Dementia Care Culture Series

Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups – Youth Crime Prevention Centre

Project “Begin From Family”

Singapore

Fei Yue Community Services (Restorative Care Department) & Safe Place

Project Baby

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Family Welfare Society Family Resource Centre

The Amazing Dads – Support Service for Non-residing Divorced Fathers 

China

Xiangyang Central Hospital, Affiliated to Hubei University of Arts and Science

Warm Light with Children – Medical Social Work Support Project for Families of Children with Leukemia

Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

JC Project Bonfire—Small Group Homes (SGHs)

China

Shanghai Xintu Community Health Promotion Organization (Program Department)

From “Survival” to “Thriving”: Activating Endogenous Resilience in Rural Families with Elderly Parents Caring for Disabled Adult Children——Based on Chongming’s “Breaking Predicaments” Project

Hong Kong

ACTuWISE Limited

When AI Meets Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): From Evidence to Impact

*Note: Listing according to sequence of submission. 

Shortlisted projects are required to submit a project description of 5,000 words, including appendices and references, to the CIFA Secretariat according to the set guidelines either by mail or courier, not later than 5:00pm on 8 June 2026 (according to postal chop date). An interview will be arranged on either 30 or 31 July 2026. Project presenters will be interviewed either in person or via Zoom for further elaboration of their projects and to answer adjudicators’ queries. Eight projects will be selected for the Final Round Adjudication to be held during the CIFA Regional Symposium 2026 in Kuching, Malaysia on 19 November 2026, to be followed by the Award Presentation Ceremony at the Gala Dinner on 20 November 2026.

A resource person will be assigned to each shortlisted team for clarification and/or information on the second-round submission and related arrangements.

For enquiries, please contact Mr. Timothy Li of the CIFA Secretariat at cifasecretariat@gmail.com.

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3A Project 2026: Extension of Application Deadline

2026-02-10
We are pleased to announce that the application deadline for the CIFA Asian Award for Advancing Family Well-Being (3A Project) 2026 has been extended to 16 March 2026. This extension provides a greater opportunity for participants to contribute to enhancing family well-being across Asia.

Please include a project synopsis of no more than 500 words in English with your submission, detailing the objectives, methodology, and outcomes of your project.

Updated Key Dates:
• Application Submission Deadline: 16 March 2026
• First Round Screening Results: 2 April 2026
• Second Round Submission Deadline: 8 June 2026
• Second Round Adjudication Interviews: 30 & 31 July 2026
• Second Round Results: 10 August 2026
• Final Round and Award Ceremony: 19 November 2026

For application details, eligibility criteria, and more, please visit our application guidelines section or contact the CIFA Secretariat.
We eagerly await your innovative contributions and wish all participants the best of luck. Together, let’s advance family well-being across Asia!

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Award Presentation Ceremony

2025-07-30

The online Award Presentation Ceremony of “Family We-time at Home” Challenge will be held on 15 May at 2:00pm (Hong Kong time) when the results will be announced at the occasion.

The information about the online Ceremony is as below:
Date: 15 May, 2022 (Sunday)
Time: 2:00 pm Hong Kong Time (Zoom conference room will open at 1:50 pm Hong Kong Time)
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87983229024
Zoom ID: 879 8322 9024

For enquiry, please contact the undersigned at cifasecretariat@gmail.com.

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Keynote Speeches

2025-05-23
 Keynote Speech 1: Family Well-Being (FWB) Index – Implications on Policy and Practice

Dr. Anjli Doshi-Gandhi
(Former Deputy Director General/ The National Population and Family Development Board Malaysia Ministry of Women)
PDF

 Keynote Speech 2: ICT and Family

Dr. Susan Walker
(Associate Professor/ Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota)
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 Keynote Speech 3: Supporting Families in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Inter-generation Approach

Prof. Chen, Chien-Jen
(The 14th Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Distinguished Research Fellow of Genomics Research Centre at Academia Sinica)
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